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2004 Death - Katharina Dalton, doctor/writer, coined the phrase pre-menstrual syndrome, PMS, dies at 88

2003 Death - Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72

2003 Death - Carlo Urbani, WHO doctor, ", president of the Italian branch of ""Doctors without Borders,"" died of SARS after helping to identify it, "

2000 Death - Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77

1998 Death - Mary Calderone, doctor/writer, Talking With Your Child About Sex, dies at 94

1997 Death - Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67

1996 Death - Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45

1995 Death - Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77

1995 Death - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79

1995 Event - World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai

1995 Death - Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist, dies at 86

1995 Death - Robert Bolt, British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70

1994 Death - Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92

1994 Death - Katherine Elliots, doctor, dies at 75

1994 Death - Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests)

1994 Death - Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56

1994 Death - John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill

1994 Death - Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43

1994 Death - Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40

1993 Death - Philip P Cohen, Doctor (Nobel), dies at 85

1993 Death - Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52

1993 Event - George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon

1993 Death - David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47

1993 Death - M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85

1992 Death - Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70

1991 Death - John Lawrence, doctor, dies

1990 Event - "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million

1989 Event - "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV

1983 Event - "Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59

1982 Birthday - Billie Piper, born in Swindon, England, singer, actress, pop singer, appeared as Rose Tyler in television series, 'Doctor Who'

1981 Event - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower

1980 Death - Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris

1979 Death - Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns

1976 Death - Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65

1973 Event - Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in New York City

1973 Birthday - Adam Garcia, born in Wahroonga, Australia, actor, tap dancer, appeared on 'Doctor Who', appeared in films, 'Wilde', 'Coyote Ugly', 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'

1972 Death - John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79

1971 Event - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

1969 Death - Jack Kerouac, U.S. writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47

1968 Death - Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70

1965 Death - Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72

1965 Death - Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68

1963 Event - "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England

1963 Event - Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"

1962 Birthday - Taslima Nasrin, born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, doctor turned author, fled Bangladesh to live in exile since 1994, radical feminist and critic of Islam, works for New York University

1962 Event - Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ

1962 Birthday - Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces

1962 Death - H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)

1961 Event - "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV

1961 Birthday - Doctor Robert, Bruce R Howard, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways

1960 Event - Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ

1959 Birthday - Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love

1959 Birthday - Paul McGann, born in Liverpool, England, actor, breakout role in BBC's The Monocled Mutineer, appeared as Eighth Doctor in 1996 television movie, Dr. Who

1959 Event - Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ

1958 Event - Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram

1958 Event - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US

1958 Birthday - Matt Frewer, Washington D.C., actor, Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor

1957 Birthday - Tom Bailey, born in England, rocker, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor

1957 Birthday - Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor

1956 Death - Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies

1954 Event - Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor

1954 Birthday - Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut

1953 Event - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus

1953 Event - 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)

1952 Birthday - Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor

1949 Death - Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65

1944 Death - Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder

1941 Birthday - Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go

1937 Birthday - Boris Borisovich Yegorov, U.S.S.R., doctor/cosmonaut, Voskhod I

1937 Birthday - Zohra Lampert, New York City, actress, Doctor's Hospital

1936 Birthday - Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs

1935 Birthday - Jules Croiset, Dutch actor, Help, Doctor Verzuipt!

1934 Birthday - Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife

1931 Birthday - Janice Rule, born in Norwood, Ohio, actress, Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife

1931 Death - Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies

1931 Birthday - Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer, Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife

1930 Birthday - Gerry Davis, born in England, science-fiction writer, wrote British television soap operas Coronation Street and United!, script editor for Doctor Who

1929 Death - Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75

1927 Birthday - Rachel Roberts, born in Llanelly, Wales, actress, Foul Play, Doctor's Wife

1925 Birthday - Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist, Masters and Johnson

1924 Birthday - Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress, Carry on Doctor

1923 Birthday - Donald Sinden, England, actor, Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba

1923 Birthday - Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director, Doctor Noir

1922 Birthday - Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor

1922 Birthday - Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist, Doctor of Utrecht

1921 Birthday - Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist, Catholics, Doctor's Wife

1921 Birthday - Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician, Limburg's family doctor

1920 Birthday - Patrick Troughton, actor, Doctor Who

1920 Birthday - Henry Heimlich, doctor/inventor, Heimlich maneuver

1919 Death - Victor A D Segalen, Max Anely, French ship's doctor/writer, dies

1918 Birthday - Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor

1918 Birthday - T Berry Brazelton, doctor, On Being a Father

1916 Birthday - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer

1914 Birthday - Kenneth More, born in England, actor, 39 Steps, Doctor in the House

1912 Birthday - Ernest Clark, born in London, England, actor, Doctor in the House

1912 Birthday - Derek Farr, London, actor, 8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large

1911 Birthday - Warner Anderson, born in Brooklyn, actor, Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place

1910 Death - Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed

1910 Birthday - Elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine

1908 Birthday - Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor, Genevieve, Doctor in Love

1908 Birthday - Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist

1907 Birthday - M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor

1907 Birthday - Ralph Michael, born in London, England, actor, Quest, Doctor in the House

1906 Event - George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London

1903 Birthday - Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960

1902 Birthday - Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor

1898 Birthday - John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado

1898 Birthday - Marie J Hugenholtz, Doctor Grandi, surgeon on Curacao

1890 Birthday - Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain and China

1884 Birthday - Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man

1883 Birthday - Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist, ear doctor

1875 Birthday - Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist, Nobel 1954

1874 Birthday - Joseph Erlanger, doctor, shock therapy-Nobel 1944

1862 Death - Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75

1856 Event - Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning

1838 Birthday - Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist

1835 Birthday - Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten

1833 Birthday - Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth

1832 Birthday - Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader

1832 Birthday - Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor

1799 Birthday - Prosper Meniere, French ear doctor, Meniere Syndrome

1786 Birthday - Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer

1724 Death - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54

1667 Event - Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion

1656 Event - 1st Jewish doctor in U.S., Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland

1554 Death - Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies

430 Death - Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75

354 Birthday - Saint Augustine, born in Souk Ahras, Algeria, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians

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